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Definition of wowser in English: wowsernoun ˈwaʊzəˈwouzər Australian, NZ informal A puritanical or censorious person, in particular a teetotaller or person opposed to alcohol. Example sentencesExamples - We're not a wowser - we just remember the days when you used to go to the pub for a beer and a yarn.
- I do not think there is a single person in this House, including even some of the wowsers around here, who think that going to prohibition would be the right way to fix an alcohol problem.
- Now I have often enough had a meal and a glass of wine or two with Bob and his beautiful wife Helena, and know they are no wowsers.
- Sensibly, however, Young is careful not to adopt the moral tone so typical of many modern anthropological wowsers and he takes this complex issue - like others - in his stride with honesty and understanding.
- They don't need wowsers telling them that you can or can't gamble.
- Of course there are always the wowsers who resent the sight of anyone enjoying themselves, and would like to stop it.
- Even though he is a teetotaller - the basic reasons for which have been well reported - he is not a wowser.
- ‘I've never seen her be such a wowser before,’ Jack added, more to himself than anyone else.
- I don't want to come across as a complete wowser, but with growing numbers of road deaths, especially amongst young, male drivers, is this advertising approach really that socially acceptable?
- If I'm sounding like a wowser, what's the bet that our gambling losses next year will top $13 billion?
- I'm no wowser, but the lives of many people are in your hands at sea and it can't be trivialised.
- The nation is again being told off for its profligacy, economic wowsers merrily predicting a scuttling.
- Call me a wowser if you must, but I can't see that this is a desirable form of hedonism.
Synonyms spoilsport, moaner, complainer, mope, prophet of doom, cassandra, jeremiah, death's head at a feast
Origin Late 19th century: of obscure origin. Rhymes bowser, browser, carouser, dowser, espouser, Mauser, rouser, trouser Definition of wowser in US English: wowsernounˈwouzər Australian, NZ informal A person who is publicly critical of others and the pleasures they seek; a killjoy. Example sentencesExamples - If I'm sounding like a wowser, what's the bet that our gambling losses next year will top $13 billion?
- Now I have often enough had a meal and a glass of wine or two with Bob and his beautiful wife Helena, and know they are no wowsers.
- Call me a wowser if you must, but I can't see that this is a desirable form of hedonism.
- ‘I've never seen her be such a wowser before,’ Jack added, more to himself than anyone else.
- I do not think there is a single person in this House, including even some of the wowsers around here, who think that going to prohibition would be the right way to fix an alcohol problem.
- Of course there are always the wowsers who resent the sight of anyone enjoying themselves, and would like to stop it.
- They don't need wowsers telling them that you can or can't gamble.
- The nation is again being told off for its profligacy, economic wowsers merrily predicting a scuttling.
- I'm no wowser, but the lives of many people are in your hands at sea and it can't be trivialised.
- We're not a wowser - we just remember the days when you used to go to the pub for a beer and a yarn.
- I don't want to come across as a complete wowser, but with growing numbers of road deaths, especially amongst young, male drivers, is this advertising approach really that socially acceptable?
- Sensibly, however, Young is careful not to adopt the moral tone so typical of many modern anthropological wowsers and he takes this complex issue - like others - in his stride with honesty and understanding.
- Even though he is a teetotaller - the basic reasons for which have been well reported - he is not a wowser.
Synonyms spoilsport, moaner, complainer, mope, prophet of doom, cassandra, jeremiah, death's head at a feast
Origin Late 19th century: of obscure origin. |